Watchdog... he may have lied about something that was none of anyones business. Bush lied and brought us into a war. So I think you may be splitting hairs here and your sense of relevance is off by many orders of magnitude. I'm not saying we should not have had that war. I'd say it was necessary but Bush undermined our credibility as a nation. We are hypocrites. But I guess the ends justify the means.

Well in those days they thought Benny Goodman was hip. To each his own. I think Bud you are implying that your generation is somehow superior to this one? Whatever Bud. You are the same old fuddy duddy not unlike the repressive rednecks trying to hang on in the 60s. Out with the old. In with the new.

And let me make one more point. Using law enforcement to squeeze people for money is something they do in Nigeria. It s an indication of a primitive society. If a town can use a boot and use law enforcement for accounts receivable issues, why can't I? Answer? because it is inappropriate. If I booted someone's car for that purpose they'd throw me in jail. This is completely assinine.

Yeah, Skaneateles tried scamming me for money from that municipal lot too. I met someone for an appointment there and was 20 minutes early so I had time to look around closely to make sure I was parked properly. As it turned out there was a sign out at the road but none near where I was parked indicating 2 hours only. The whole thing set me off so I called Chief Perkins and let him know what was on my mind. He was quite congenial and told me they had the two hour restriction there because people were using the lot to car pool to Syracuse. That caused me pause........ Skaneateles is discouraging car pooling? That doesn't sound very green to me. I think sometimes our government forgets they work for us and that they are paid for by us. I can't fathom why our government would harass those that pay their paychecks. This is what Bill Gates would call friction. Petty little nonsense that wastes peoples time and causes unnecessary stress in peoples lives. Get a life Skaneateles. And one more point. In the picture I see a Sargent writing parking tickets. How much do they pay him? How much are his benefits? How much is the car they and equipment they are misallocating. The whole thing makes no economic sense. Wasting resources, harassing tax payers. It is a resource drain on all. It is just plain stupid.

A Four Loco is 24oz. So three is equivelent in volme to 6 beers. But per volume has 2.5 to 3 times the alchohol. So that is equivelent to 14 to 18 beers. Plus they add the caffine whch gets your addrenilin pumping. Pour that into an 18 year old girl who probably weighs 120 lbs and what happened is not a big surprise. I sat on my couch and drank 2 of those and 4 or 5 beers before the Four Loco. I was a danger to myself just sitting on the couch. I also made a phone call I don't remember making. And I am literally more than twice the size of that girl. She's probably not lying that she doesn't remember a thing. Sad.

It sounds like they intentionally appointed someone to this possition that they knew was incompetent and would take no action to interfere with the police mode of operation. Then they fire her for being incompetent. And she should be fired. I like what Miner is doing. Someone should be serving this function as it is important. Also it is no wonder she has accomplished nothing. She has a private practice so she collects a paycheck for doing nothing for the city and double dips by spending her time with her private practice. I WANT THAT JOB! It's perfect. I encourage Ms. Miner to clean up this mess.

Jim. The question is, is there any credibility to the rhomor? We'd just like a direct answer and that will be the end of it. It is either true or it isn't. And why would it be so far fetched that college kids would do it. Think of Carmello. He makes 10s of millions of dollars. How much does Jaremy McNiel Make? Without the amazing Play of McNiel we never would have won a national championship. Carmello gets 10s of millions and McNiel gets nothing. Or Josh Pace. Carmello gets rich. The University gets rich and many of the players get nothing but bad knees to walk on the rest of their life. I don't think it would be far fetched at all for a kid to take money for missing a couple free throws. What do you call someone who works their butt off so others can make money? A sap? Hard to say.

Replace his dog? You can't replace the dog. Fix the door and deal with the guys complaint in a proper professional manner. If the cop is out of control get him under control. Or if his behavior under the circumstances was justified then let it be. I don't want to be the cop that has to break down those doors and risk getting shot, so I'm going to give him some leeway on this. No $10,000. Just apologize and promise to try to do better moving forward. But don't jerk the guy around. Fix the dang door immediately after the incident moving forward.

I think the professor demonstrated that more than likely the officer pulled him over on the plate looking for other infractions. It is a matter of ethics. If the authorities can not demonstrate good ethics then the public can't trust authority and then it leads to the public being un-coopeative with authorities. They changed a law so it is no longer permisable for the cops to hide when trying to trap speeders. It's because it is underhanded and the authorities are supposed to be above it. As is the case here. But apparently the cops in Cortland county are not above underhandedness.

PitaPita has a point. But there still needs to be a cap. You just can't change the rules over night. You'll bankrupt people. Then they control the number of lawyers and drive the price up for lawyers who could actually help people with this issue inexpensively other-wise. I'd love to help people challenge their assessments, but I'm not allowed. Assessments are so subjective it is ridiculous.

It is fine for the city to change the assessment. The assessment should be what the assessment is. But you can't just double peoples taxes in a year. It isn't reasonable. There should be a cap as to how much taxes can increase per year. Say 5%. Other-wise you drive people out of their homes. It just isn't right. And the assessment has to be real. The figure has to be a number that the property could actually sell for. Why would anyone own a house in this state when they can change the rules any time they like? It is insane.

Sounds like there was indeed a misunderstanding. I would also say there may be some income tax ramifications. If I recall, a donation can only be deductible if donated in a generic way. If donated with directions to things such as sports, then it is not deductible. I'm not a CPA so I don't know but that seems like a reasonable policy. Sounds like UCONN allowed the strings attached because they wanted the money. SO this guy is looking like the bad guy but he is the guy with the money and that pulls a lot of weight with me. I give him the benefit of the doubt even though he sounds like an ass.

She is entitled to her beliefs. But she just baited and switched us. She is a fraud. If she ran as a right to life and indicated she would be this radical about it she would not have received my vote. I was swindled. She does not possess the moral compass for the job. She just proved that.

This is a bait and switch. We've been hoodwinked and swindled. Frankly this is out right fraud. That's the problem with a two party system. Neither option is acceptable. I voted for her to get rid of the other clown, so now I have to choose between proper economic policy and whacked out social issues. I can't win. Neither option is acceptable. One thing I will say. The government has no business in funding abortion. It is none of the governments business. But then again government should not be in he gambling business either. Our government is beyond the control of its people. For what it is worth, this woman will not trick me again.

And here is what family gets you. SU wants to free up a scholarship because they have more promising recruits than what their current players look like so they run an underperforming player off for trivial infractions yet keep Carter who destroyed an under grads face. Marrone kept Carter on because he knew if he didn't he would not have been in a bowl game let alone won one. It is a game of inches and Marrone sold his integrity to get this bowl game. Was it the right thing to do? The ends apparently justify the means. It may not have been the right thing to do but it was the smart thing to do if he cares about his coaching career. Money talks BS walks. So sometimes life is complicated and you have to deal with the gray areas. Sometimes there is no correct answer. In the long haul people will forget about the felony assault turned infraction and all they'll remember is the record. Carter will have a career, Marrone will have a career. SU's reputation will heal I suspect because things are the way they are. What's a black eye when there's millions of dollars on the line.